Evicted pensioner Maricarmen Abascal dies aged 87, after housing protests

Maricarmen ⁠Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose ⁠dramatic eviction last month sparked mass ⁠housing protests in Spain that ultimately led to an early election, has died, Madrid’s tenants’ union said on Wednesday, provoking an outpouring of grief and anger on the streets of the capital. Abascal had been in hospital since her eviction on ‌September 23 from her home of more than 70 years, when police and social workers removed her by stretcher. Since then, protests have included activists camping...

Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests, has died. Ms Abascal had been hospitalised after she was evicted from the apartment she had lived in for seven decades. 

Maricarmen ​Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing ​protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of ​protests ‌across Spain in the past couple ⁠of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main ‌squares, and calls for tackling a ⁠mounting housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.

Maricarmen, as she was known, had been hospitalized since she was carried out on a stretcher from the apartment where she had lived for seven decades

An 87-year-old Madrid woman whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain's chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early elections died on Wednesday, a tenants' union said.

María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering national elections.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has expressed condolences following the reported death of María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests

Maricarmen ​Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing ​protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Massive protests following Abascal's eviction spiralled into a political crisis, eventually leading Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election.

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed from the home she had lived in for more than 70 years after reportedly being unable to afford steep rent rises.

An 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home triggered nationwide protests in Spain has died, a tenants' union said.

An 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her home triggered nationwide protests in Spain has died, according to the Madrid tenants' union.

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed from the home she had lived in for more than 70 years after reportedly being unable to afford steep rent rises.

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years in September.

Maricarmen ⁠Abascal, the octogenarian woman whose eviction set off housing protests across Spain, has died, a tenant's union in Madrid has said.

The 87-year-old woman had withstood four eviction attempts in the past decade. In a final message from her hospital bed, she urged protesters: "Fight!"

An 87-year-old woman, whose eviction from her home sparked major protests in Spain and was partly responsible for a snap election, has died.